Chapters (51)
- Cover
- Praise for A Season for Second Chances
- Also by Jenny Bayliss
- Dedication
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-four
- Twenty-five
- Twenty-six
- Twenty-seven
- Twenty-eight
- Twenty-nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-one
- Thirty-two
- Thirty-three
- Thirty-four
- Thirty-five
- Thirty-six
- Thirty-seven
- Thirty-eight
- Thirty-nine
- Forty
- Forty-one
- Forty-two
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Discussion Guide
- About the Author
- What’s next onyour reading list?
“Hello, how are you feeling? You look much better,” said Nory, who had almost run into her in her haste to get a flat white to Jenna.
“I think I’ve beaten the jet lag.” Katie smiled. “Now I’m just back to the pregnancy lag.”
“Oh, that’s good, I think?”
“Yes.” Katie laughed. “I feel human for the first time in days. I’m sorry I haven’t been around very much. I was really looking forward to catching up with you. I hadn’t anticipated how much the traveling would take out of me.”
“You have nothing to apologize for. There’ll be other times we can catch up. Especially now you’re going to be back in the country for a while.”
“Yes, I’m hanging my traveling hat up for the foreseeable.”
“Jeremy must be pleased about that. I know he’s missed you terribly.”
Katie gave a little laugh. “Yes, Jeremy is ecstatic. It’s been hard for him; he so wanted to be a part of the pregnancy, but our schedules wouldn’t allow it. It’s time we put us first for a while. You’ll have to come and stay with us one weekend. I’d love it and I know Jeremy would.”
“I’d like that very much.” Nory smiled.
Jenna’s voice cut through the cacophony like an angle grinder. “Is it too much to ask to get a pissing coffee round here?”
Katie winced.
“I’d better deliver this,” said Nory.
It was midday before Jenna’s parents arrived and took over bridal duties from Nory so that she could get herself ready. She had briefly seen her mum and Shelley making last-minute adjustments to the garlands on the banisters before they disappeared off to the orangery to add the final touches to the aisle flowers. The OK! magazine photographer had an uncanny gift of being everywhere, and Nory did her level best to avoid being caught in any shots. This became easier once the cast of Days and Nights began to arrive and he had more famous faces to play with.
For the first time since waking, Nory had a few spare minutes to get excited about spending the day with Isaac. This was essentially their first date. In truth, she was surprised he had agreed. She wondered how he’d feel being surrounded by soap opera glitterati. She herself was a bit freaked out at the idea of so many famous people in one room. And then she remembered that Isaac hadn’t known what Days and Nights was anyway. And he probably didn’t read gossip magazines—her own guilty pleasure—so he was unlikely to care.